Author: ProHoster

Notepad app will become optional in Windows 10 20H1

The upcoming build of Windows 10 20H1 will receive many new features. Not long ago it became known that the Paint and WordPad applications will be relegated to the category of optional, but available optionally. Now, online sources say that a similar fate awaits the simple text editor Notepad. All three applications that have been mandatory for operating systems for many years […]

New article: Review and testing of the ID-Cooling SE-224-XT Basic CPU cooler: a new level

At the end of last year, ID-Cooling, a company well known to our regular readers for testing liquid and air cooling systems, announced a new processor cooler SE-224-XT Basic. It belongs to the mid-budget price segment, since the recommended cost of the cooling system is stated at around 30 US dollars. This is a very competitive price range, because it is in the middle segment that there are dozens of very strong […]

Cloud gaming service GeForce Now is now available to everyone

Three years after its announcement at CES 2017 and two years of beta testing on PC, NVIDIA's GeForce Now cloud gaming service has debuted. The GeForce Now offer looks significantly more attractive compared to what the Google Stadia streaming game service is ready to give its users. At least on paper. Interact with GeForce Now […]

AMA with Habr #16: rating recalculation and bug fixes

Not everyone had time to take out the Christmas tree yet, but the last Friday of the shortest month—January—has already arrived. Of course, everything that happened on Habré during these three weeks cannot be compared with what happened in the world during the same period of time, but we didn’t waste time either. Today in the program - a little about interface changes and traditional […]

Robot Beasts, Lesson Plans and New Details: LEGO Education SPIKE Prime Set Overview

Robotics is one of the most interesting and disruptive school activities. She teaches how to compose algorithms, gamifies the educational process, and introduces children to programming. In some schools, starting from the 1st grade, they study computer science, learn to assemble robots and draw up flowcharts. So that children can easily understand robotics and programming and can study mathematics and physics in depth in high school, we have released a new […]

Product Management Digest for December and January

Hello, Habr! Happy holidays to everyone, our parting was difficult and long. Honestly, there wasn't anything that big that I wanted to write about. Then I realized that I wanted to improve the planning processes from a product point of view. After all, December and January are the time to sum up and set goals for the year, quarter, as in an organization […]

Brief comparison of SDS architecture or finding the right storage platform (GlusterVsCephVsVirtuozzoStorage)

This article was written to help you choose the right solution for yourself and understand the differences between SDS such as Gluster, Ceph and Vstorage (Virtuozzo). The text uses links to articles with more detailed disclosure of certain problems, so the descriptions will be as brief as possible using key points without unnecessary water and introductory information that you […]

Profession: system administrator

Often from the older generation we hear magic words about “the only entry in the work book.” Indeed, I have come across absolutely amazing stories: a mechanic - a mechanic of the highest category - a workshop foreman - a shift supervisor - a chief engineer - a plant director. This cannot but impress our generation, which changes jobs once, twice, whatever - sometimes […]

Our experience in developing a CSI driver in Kubernetes for Yandex.Cloud

We are pleased to announce that Flant is expanding its contribution to Open Source tools for Kubernetes by releasing an alpha version of the CSI (Container Storage Interface) driver for Yandex.Cloud. But before moving on to the implementation details, we will answer the question of why this is needed at all, when Yandex already has a Managed Service for Kubernetes service. Introduction Why is this? Inside our company, since [...]

FAS wants Apple, Google and Microsoft to be allowed to remove pre-installed apps

Replacing international applications with Russian analogues is one of the important topics for Russian users. And now another step has been taken in this direction. According to Kommersant, the Federal Antimonopoly Service of the Russian Federation (FAS) wants to extend the requirements for pre-installation of Russian applications not only to gadget sellers, but also to operating system developers - Apple, Google and Microsoft. This means that the authors […]

Uber suspends 240 accounts in Mexico after one customer suspected coronavirus

On Saturday, Uber Technologies announced it had blocked 240 user accounts in Mexico due to the fact that a customer suspected of being infected with coronavirus used the taxi ordering service. Two drivers were also temporarily suspended from work. In a statement posted on Twitter, Uber said two drivers may have been transporting a user who may be infected with the new […]

The creators of Camelot Unchained pissed off fans with the announcement of a new game

City State Entertainment co-founder Mark Jacobs announced a new game from his studio, the online action game Ragnarok: Colossus, during a three-hour live broadcast. The emphasis in Ragnarok: Colossus will be on the PvE component. The project will offer strategy elements and "impossibly large crowds of enemies." The release is expected by the end of 2020 on PC. Regarding the distribution model, in the interview […]